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Islamic State territory shrinks in Iraq and Syria
05 January 2016
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Islamic State`s territory shrank by 40 percent from its maximum expansion in Iraq, and by 20 percent in Syria in 2015.
Islamic State`s territory shrank by 40 percent from its maximum expansion in Iraq, and by 20 percent in Syria in 2015, as international forces pushed its militants out of several cities, a spokesman of the U.S.-led coalition said on Tuesday.IS in 2014 swept through a third of Iraq, seizing Mosul, the largest city in the north, and reaching the vicinity of Baghdad.Counter-offensives by Iraqi and Kurdish armed forces supported by the U.S.-led coalition, and by Iran-backed Shi`ite militias forced them out of several cities since, including Tikrit, north of Baghdad, and Ramadi, to the west.In Syria, IS is fighting the army of President Bashar al-Assad and other rebel groups opposed to his rule. It is facing air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition and by Russia which has sent warplanes to support the Syrian government.
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